Cnh Industrial America LLC

Cnh Industrial Belgium Nv

Cory Douglas Hunt

Jethro Martin

Bart M A Missotten

Herbert Max Farley

Jeffrey C Trowbridge

John Henry Posselius

Joshua David Harmon

Glenn Aesaert

Albert Childs

Bart Lenaerts

Preston McKinney

Kevin Michael Smith

Christopher Alan Foster

Eric Lee Walker

Blaine Robert Noll

Dré W J Jongmans

Denver Romayne Yoder

Nicholas Stephen Shane

Pieter Van Overschelde

Madhu Pankaj

Kenneth Seiders, Jr

Stephen Todderud

Lyle Beidler

Nathaniel Smith

Lucas Deruyter

Neseth Cora Kong

Matthew D'Amicantonio

Paul Deysher

Kevin Smith

Matthew Gould

Jesse Baird

Bert Vandewalle

Bart MA Missotten

Trowbridge Jeffrey C

Carmelo Abreu

Dré WJ Jongmans

Pieter Van Overshelde

Dre Waltherus Joachim Jongmans

Arno Leenknegt

Karl Robert Linde

Herbert M Farley

Nicholas Shane

Preston L Mckinney

Joshua Harmon

Bart Missotten

An agricultural system includes a header including a first header segment and a second header segment. The agricultural system also includes an actuator configured to adjust a position of the first header segment relative to the second header segment. The agricultural system also includes a controller configured to receive sensor information from a pressure sensor and compare the pressure to a threshold pressure. The sensor information may be indicative of a pressure within a cylinder of the actuator. The controller may be configured to send instructions to the actuator to adjust the first header segment relative to the second header segment in response to the pressure being below the pressure threshold.

Control system for adjusting header segments of an agricultural header based on measurements

An agricultural harvester includes a frame and a crop cleaning assembly supported on the frame. The crop cleaning assembly, in turn, includes an oscillating component configured to oscillate relative to the frame in a manner that conveys crop material across the oscillating component. Furthermore, the agricultural harvester includes a RADAR sensor configured to emit an output signal directed at the crop material present on the oscillating component and detect an echo signal reflected by the crop material present on the oscillating component. Additionally, the agricultural harvester includes a computing system communicatively coupled to the RADAR sensor. In this respect, the computing system is configured to determine a thickness of the crop material present on the oscillating component based on detected echo signal.

System and method for monitoring crop material thickness within an agricultural harvester

A combine harvester includes (i) a grain tank for storing separated grain and having a bottom end and a top end, and (ii) a grain tank level sensor array for detecting a level of grain in the grain tank. The grain tank level sensor array includes a plurality of sensors, wherein the grain tank level sensor array extends between the bottom end and the top end of the grain tank. The sensors are spaced apart between the bottom end and the top end. A spacing between adjacent sensors decreases in a direction towards the top end of the grain tank.

Sensing array for grain tank

In an agricultural harvester header for an agricultural vehicle including a frame, a reel attached to the frame and having a plurality of reel tine bars, a cutterbar attached to the frame and positioned beneath the reel, an actuator for moving the reel tine bars between a deployed position and a retracted position, a sensor for sensing a position of the cutterbar, and a computer, a method for returning the reel tine bars to the deployed position includes (i) receiving, at the computer, signals from the sensor, (ii) recording a sensed position of the cutterbar when the actuator moves the reel tine bars to the retracted position, and (iii) activating the actuator to return the reel tine bars to the deployed position as a function of when the cutterbar returns to the recorded sensed position.

Harvester reel having adjustable tine bars and method for resetting same

A vehicle includes a chassis, a tractive assembly coupled to the chassis, the tractive assembly including a tractive element configured to engage a support surface, a battery directly coupled to the tractive assembly, and an electric motor coupled to the tractive assembly. The electric motor is configured to receive electrical energy from the battery and drive movement of the tractive assembly relative to the chassis to propel the vehicle.

Vehicle with wheel-mounted energy storage

A harvester reel includes a reel tine bar having a follower and a tine. A cam assembly includes a primary cam, a linkage and a latch. The linkage has a first end that is connected to the primary cam and a second end that is connectable to the tine bar for guiding rotation of the tine bar. The latch selectively couples the second end of the linkage to the tine bar. In an unlatched configuration of the latch, the reel tine bar can pivot relative to the second end of the linkage, and in a latched configuration of the latch, the reel tine bar is non-rotatably connected to the second end of the linkage. A secondary cam has a surface that is configured to be contacted by the follower of the reel tine bar. Upon contacting the secondary cam, the follower moves the latch to the unlatched configuration.

An agricultural vehicle header having a center section and a wing section movably attached to the center section. A displacement sensor indicates a position of the wing section within its range of movement. A signal conditioning unit receives input from a displacement sensor that indicates the wing section position, an inboard height sensor, and an outboard height sensor, and applies correction factors to generate inboard and outboard control signals. When the wing section is in a median operating range the inboard correction factor is larger than the outboard correction factor. When the wing section is in a higher operating range, the outboard correction factor is larger than the inboard correction factor. An agricultural combine having the header and a method for operating a header are also provided.

Header height control for a harvesting head

A header of a harvester includes a header segment, a center section, an actuator coupling the header segment to the center section, and a controller. The header segment includes a cutter bar configured to cut crops and the header segment includes a first portion of a conveyor assembly. The center section includes a second portion of the conveyor assembly, in which the center section is configured to receive crops from the header segment via the first portion of the conveyor assembly, and the second portion of the conveyor assembly is configured to transport the received crops to a crop processing system of the harvester. The controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a target position of the header segment and the controller is configured to control the actuator to adjust the header segment to the target position.

Harvester header having a segment control system

A reel power system for a header of an agricultural system includes an electrical generator having a stator and a rotor rotatably engaged with the stator. The stator is configured to be non-rotatably coupled to a support structure of a reel of the header. The rotor is configured to non-rotatably engage a base of the header. Furthermore, the reel is configured to rotate relative to the base. The electrical generator is configured to generate electrical power in response to rotation of the rotor.

Reel power system

An agricultural system for monitoring throughput of a feeder configured for use with a harvester performing a harvesting operation within a field may include a feeder housing and a feed assembly configured to direct a first flow of harvested materials and a second flow of harvested materials through the feeder. The agricultural system may further include a first sensor configured to generate first data indicative of the first flow of harvested materials through a first lateral section of the feeder. Similarly, the agricultural system may include a second sensor configured to generate second data indicative of the second flow of harvested materials through a second lateral section of the feeder. Additionally, the agricultural system may include a computing system configured to determine whether the harvester is on-row based at least in part on the first data and the second data.

Agricultural system and method for monitoring feeder throughput of a harvester

An agricultural method for automatically controlling a position of a harvesting implement of an agricultural harvester, where the harvesting implement may be movably supported relative to a chassis of the agricultural harvester, and where a cab may be movably supported relative to the chassis, may include receiving inertial movement data from an implement-based inertial measurement unit (IMU) supported on the harvesting implement and inertial movement data from a vehicle-based IMU supported on at least one of the cab or the chassis of the agricultural harvester. The method may further include determining a relative movement parameter of the harvesting implement relative to the at least one of the cab or the chassis based at least in part on the inertial movement data. Additionally, the method may include controlling an operation of an implement actuator based at least in part on the relative movement parameter.

Agricultural system and method for automatically controlling a position of a harvesting implement of an agricultural harvester

A calibration system for an agricultural header includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a first position signal indicative of a first position of a reel arm of the agricultural header, receive a first distance signal indicative of a first distance between the reel arm and a terrain feature, receive a second position signal indicative of a second position of the reel arm, receive a second distance signal indicative of a second distance between the reel arm and the terrain feature, determine a calibration curve having a plurality of offset distances of the reel arm based on the first position, the first distance, the second position, and the second distance, and select an offset distance of the plurality of offset distances based on an operational position of the reel arm and the calibration curve.

Calibration system for an agricultural header

A sensor mounting apparatus for a header of an agricultural system includes a first arched member configured to be coupled to opposite lateral ends of the header, such that the first arched member extends laterally across the header. The sensor mounting apparatus also includes a second arched member configured to be coupled to opposite lateral ends of the header, such that the second arched member extends laterally across the header. The first arched member and the second arched member are configured to couple to one another at respective central portions of the first and second arched members. The first and second arched members are configured to support one or more sensors.

Mounting apparatus for agricultural header sensors

A work vehicle system includes a work vehicle controller configured to output a control signal indicative of instructions to move a feeder house based at least in part on at least one header parameter. The work vehicle controller is configured to output the control signal to a network. The work vehicle also includes an agricultural header controller configured to receive the control signal and control movement of the feeder house based at least in part on the control signal. Further, the work vehicle includes a wing controller configured to receive the at least one header parameter from the network and output a wing control signal indicative of instructions to move a wing based at least in part on the at least one header parameter. The wing is coupled to a center section.

System for setting parameters for a multi-segment agricultural header

A header of a harvester includes a first header segment comprising a cutter bar configured to cut crops, and a first portion of a conveyor assembly. The header additionally includes a center section including a second portion of the conveyor assembly. The center section is configured to receive cut crops from the first header segment via the first portion of the conveyor assembly. The header also includes a first ground engaging element configured to at least partially support a weight of the header, and a first sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a distance to ground. The header further includes a first actuator; and a control system comprising a processor configured to receive a sensor signal from the first sensor and to control the first actuator to adjust the first ground engaging element based on the sensor signal.

Self-supporting harvester header system

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